Being the car owner of a recent Opel Meriva gives us several advantages, the fact is, modern automobiles give access to an more and more impressive number of features. They will allow you to gain in comfort, multimedia or security. Today we are going to have a look at a feature that is designed to make you feel secure in your car, the automatic closing of the doors. This option can be deactivated for no reason, so we’re going to discover how to activate auto locking on your Opel Meriva. To accomplish this, we will first look at the operation of this fonctionality and how it works, then, in a second part, how to reactivate the automatic closing of the doors of your car.

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What is the automatic locking or closing on a Opel Meriva?

Before we teach you how to activate the automatic lock of your Opel Meriva, we will have a look at the efficacy of this function. Obviously, the number of carjacking is slowly increasing, and our Opel Meriva is a location where we usually feel safe. Nevertheless, when stopping at a red light, at a stop sign or in traffic jams, one can feel exposed to aggression, it is with this in mind that the brands have released this fonctionality. Generally there is a door lock button that allows you to close and open the doors from the inside, but this functionality automatically locks the doors of your car as soon as you go over a certain speed or a certain time after turning on the engine. The advantage is that you no longer have to be concerned about this action to assure maximum security.

How do I activate the automatic closing of the doors on my Opel Meriva?

Unfortunately, it can happen that due to factory defaults, electronic failures, bad handling, this option can be shut off, we will now look at the two solutions to let you to activate the automatic lock on your Opel Meriva.

  • How to activate the automatic locking / closing of the doors on a car: The lock button
    The least complicated technique if you are in the event that your automatic door closure will no longer be effective, is to turn on the ignition (on some series you will also need to have the engine running) and soon come and hold down the door lock button on your car for a few seconds until you notice an audible alert and, dependent on the year of your Opel Meriva, the turn indicators that are activated. This technique should be good enough in most instances to activate the automatic door lock on your Opel Meriva.
  • How to activate the automatic door lock on my Opel Meriva: Via the computer
    Finally, a more complicated technique but which can be linked to a factory problem or a power failure on your car. To reactivate the automatic door lock on your Opel Meriva, you will be able to go through your diagnostic socket. You will have to have a diagnostic tool and navigate through the menus to change the linked option in the “sash menu”. Nevertheless, this is only appropriate for people with some mechanics knowledges and we suggest that you visit your specialist to achieve this.

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